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Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told  that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have …

Candy Crush developer King is reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build. At the start of the month, Microsoft announced around 9000 employees would be laid off. This included roughly 200 staff from King. Now, in a report from MobileGamer.biz, sources stated they’ve spent the last few years building and training AI tools, which will …